Description
Multiple integer signedness errors in the pcf_get_encodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first column and first row.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=158Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=ef1eba75187adfac750f326b563fe543dd5ff4e6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=158Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=ef1eba75187adfac750f326b563fe543dd5ff4e6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 8, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified